FSHS boys reach title game

? Free State High senior Hunter Gudde scored a career-high 35 points, and the FSHS boys basketball team picked up a 61-53 victory over Junction City in the McPherson Invitational semifinals on Friday.

Gudde made 21 free throws and shot 6-of-12 from the field. Senior point guard Kristian Rawls added six points, and junior Cameron Clark grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.

The Firebirds (9-1) will face McPherson in the tournament title game at 7 tonight.

JUNCTION CITY (53)

Timothy Bell 1-3 3-4 5, Ricardo Erans 6-15 1-1 15, Alonzo Range 1-3 2-2 4, Tyrone Poole 4-6 0-0 8, Nick Arneson 1-2 0-0 2, Reggie Topps 1-6 0-0 3, Josh Hall 3-6 0-2 7, Jovon Baldwin 0-0 0-0 0, Christien Ozores 3-3 1-1 7, Xavier Cason 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 21-47 7-10 53.

FREE STATE (61)

Simon McCaffrey 0-0 0-0 0, Chrision Wilburn 0-2 0-0 0, Drew Tochtrop 1-4 0-0 2, Sloan Thomsen 1-5 0-0 3, Jacob Pavlyak 2-2 0-1 4, Kristian Rawls 2-3 2-8 6, Jay Dineen 2-4 0-0 5, Shannon Cordes 0-1 0-2 0, Hunter Gudde 6-12 21-23 35, Darian Lewis 1-1 0-0 2, Cameron Clark 1-5 2-2 4. Totals 16-39 25-36 61.

Junction City 12 12 13 16 — 53

Free State 11 6 22 22 — 61

Three-point goals: Junction City 4-11 (Erans 2, Topps, Hall); Free State 4-11 (Gudde 2, Thomsen, Dineen). Fouled out: Range, Poole, Arneson. Turnovers: Junction City 16, Free State 10.